Press Releases
May 14, 2020 | National Press Release
WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration today released its framework to thwart insider threats in the transportation sector. The TSA Insider Threat Roadmap…
May 13, 2020 | Local Press Release
ALBANY, N.Y.—Transportation Security Administration employees at Albany International Airport have a long memory. And that’s a good thing.
They remember what it was like a year ago during the government shutdown when they worked for weeks without…
May 12, 2020 | Local Press Release
BALTIMORE—Transportation Security Administration supervisor Samantha Mudge remembers what it was like last year, working during the Federal government shutdown for several weeks without a paycheck.
“So many people helped us during the government…
May 11, 2020 | Local Press Release
HELENA, Mont. - Due to shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) following the global spread of COVID-19, a manager with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Helena Regional Airport (HLN) decided to take action and mobilized a…
May 7, 2020 | Local Press Release
NORFOLK, Va.—A Virginia Beach woman was cited by airport police after a Transportation Security Administration officer caught her with a .38 caliber revolver loaded with five bullets in her carry-on bag at Norfolk International Airport on Wednesday…
May 7, 2020 | Local Press Release
BALTIMORE, Md.—Perhaps it was when Jill Hays received a donation of $200 from a stranger who she mailed two masks to recently. Or maybe it was when nurses from a Florida hospital requested that she send them several dozen masks. But for sure, Hays…
May 4, 2020 | Local Press Release
JOHNSTOWN, Pa.—For one Transportation Security Administration (TSA) supervisor, it started with the free distribution of extra milk and expanded into cooking homemade holiday meals and then buying 250 pizzas for hungry youngsters who were closed out…
April 30, 2020 | Local Press Release
SYRACUSE, NY – An Onondaga County, New York, man was caught by Transportation Security Administration officers with a .22 caliber handgun loaded with six bullets including one in the chamber, in his carry-on bag on this morning, at Syracuse-Hancock…
April 30, 2020 | Local Press Release
ARLINGTON, Va. – Transportation Security Administration employees at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) have established a free food and toiletries pantry to assist employees in the airport community who have been laid off or seen their…
April 24, 2020
BOISE, Idaho - Officers with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at Boise Airport (BOI) discovered a loaded firearm in the carry-on luggage of female traveler ticketed for travel to San Francisco International Airport Friday morning.…
April 24, 2020 | Local Press Release
Flight loads at airports across the country have dropped dramatically because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that’s not stopping TSA from keeping the traveling public and homeland safe and secure.
TSA officers at Boston Logan International Airport…
April 21, 2020 | Local Press Release
A TSA officer at Orlando International Airport (MCO) alerted the Orlando Police Department at 9:25 this morning that a passenger in the checkpoint had a gun in his carry-on bag. The 26-year-old man faces criminal charges for carrying a firearm in a…
April 20, 2020 | Local Press Release
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Kanawha County, West Virginia, woman was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers at Yeager Airport today (April 20), when they detected a .38 caliber revolver loaded with four bullets in her carry-on bag.…
April 19, 2020 | Local Press Release
BOSTON – Transportation Security Administration officers remain vigilant in their duties during this pandemic, and on Sunday at Boston Logan International Airport, a TSA officer prevented a woman from bringing a .22 caliber handgun along with four…
April 16, 2020 | Local Press Release
NEWARK, N.J. – At a young age, you are taught that socks go on your feet. But your face? Yes, during a pandemic, socks can be repurposed to serve as masks, and that’s exactly what Transportation Security Administration officers at Newark…
April 15, 2020 | Local Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The number of travelers choosing to fly has plummeted during the course of the last few months as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. However, if you must fly, here are some tips from the Transportation Security Administration…
April 14, 2020 | Local Press Release
NEWARK, N.J. - With so many people in New Jersey hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, Transportation Security Administration officers at Newark Liberty International Airport hand-crafted get well cards for individuals in isolation as well as…
April 14, 2020
WARWICK, R.I. – Social distancing didn’t stop the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) team at T.F. Green Airport from sending a little love to the rest of the airport community.
With the number of passengers flying out of the airport down…
April 13, 2020 | Local Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC - Transportation Security Administration officers are following CDC advice and staying home when they are not working at the airport, and a few of them are making good use of their time by keeping busy sewing masks for family, friends…
April 10, 2020 | Local Press Release
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has stopped 115 guns so far this year across the state of Florida. One passenger recently came to a Ft. Lauderdale checkpoint with three guns in his carry-on. During this stressful time in our…
April 9, 2020 | Local Press Release
WASHINGTON – The number of passengers flying is down due to the coronavirus, but Transportation Security Administration officers remain alert and yesterday they detected a 9 mm handgun loaded with eight bullets along with an additional clip with…
April 9, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC – Transportation Security Administration employees at Washington Dulles International Airport have established a food pantry to assist employees in the airport community who may have been laid off or seen their work hours cut due to…
April 8, 2020 | Local Press Release
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has stopped 17 guns so far this year at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS), including three in one day by three different diligent and dedicated officers. During this stressful time in…
April 3, 2020 | Local Press Release
GREEN BAY, WI — Transportation Security Administration officers at Green Bay–Austin Straubel International Airport (GRB) are lending a helping hand to airport employees through a voluntary program they have dubbed “TSA Gives Back.”Airport employees…
